In the 7th and early 8th centuries, Bardanes Philippikos (also commonly known as Philippicus Bardanes) was a prominent member of the ruling elite involved...
This tapestry, designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and manufactured by the Manufacture des Gobelins during the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715), has...
This tapestry, designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and manufactured by the Manufacture des Gobelins during the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715), has...
This coastal landscape painting, by the French artist Claude Lorrain (c. 1600-1682), references the ancient Greek myth of Europa, a princess from the lands...
Lao Tzu (6th-5th century BCE)
"Man models himself on earth,
Earth on heaven,
Heaven on the way,
And the way on that which is naturally so."
From Lao...
(Byzantine Emperor Theophilos (r. 829-842), surrounded by dignitaries of his court. Illustration from the Madrid Skylitzes (Fol. 42v), c. 12th century, via Creative...
